Sarah Jakubasz, lighting designer for Lightswitch created an overall design that used as many eco-friendly lighting fixtures as possible. Lightswitch designers use eco-friendly fixtures when ever possible on all their projects, says the company. Jakubasz created her design using Color Kinetics' Color Blaze 72s and Color Blast 12s. She also designed custom compact florescent fixtures that were placed on each end of the bars. Lending a hand to this worthy cause was Production Resource Group who provided lighting gear and helped defray some of the rental costs.
Lighting manufacture ETC also pitched in by donating some HID Source Four ellipsoidal fixtures. These fixtures use a fraction of the power of a standard tungsten halogen lamp. Barco donated T5 florescent fixtures that were used as accent lighting under the runway.
Howard Werner, principal lighting designer of Lightswitch said: "We were thrilled to be part of this momentous project. As designers ourselves it gave us great pleasure to spotlight emerging designers in other fields, especially designers that keep our planet and its resources in mind when creating their fashions. We at Lightswitch are eco-conscious people and are committed to energy efficient design. I want to thank the manufacturers that donated and helped us put this event together. It is because of companies like this that care about our environment that we were able to create such a beautiful event."
(Jim Evans)
